SURFACE-BARRIER COUNTERS WITH PROTECTIVE ELECTRODES

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1964 · Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Phys. Ser. (Engl. Transl.)

OSTI ID:4034429

Zubritskii, L A; Chursin, G P; Gonchar, V Yu; Zalyubovskii, I I

The design is given of a simple surface-barrier counter using silicon and germanium detectors and equipped with an auxiliary electrode. Located nt a short distance from the main electrode, the auxiliary prevents current leakage and extracts current carriers generated by photons in the interval between the main and auxiliary electrodes. With metallic electrodes of 0.1 mu thickness, the counter is insensitive to light. The resolving power of 100-mm/sup 2/ detectors was 5% for 5.3-Mev /sup 210/Po alpha particles. (R.V.J.)

• Research Organization: Inst. of Nuclear Physics, Academy of Sciences, Kazakh SSR and Khar'kov State Univ.
• NSA Number: NSA-18-018193
• OSTI ID: 4034429
• Journal Information: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Phys. Ser. (Engl. Transl.), Journal Name: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Fizicheskaya (U.S.S.R.) For English translation see Bull. Acad. Sci. USSR, Phys. Ser. (Engl. Transl.) Vol. Vol: 28; ISSN IANFA
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: Russian

Related Subjects

ALPHA PARTICLES
COUNTERS
CURRENTS
ELECTRODES
ENERGY
GERMANIUM
INSTRUMENTATION
LEAKS
LIGHT
PHOTONS
POLONIUM
RADIATION DETECTORS
RESOLUTION
SEMICONDUCTORS
SENSITIVITY
SILICON
THICKNESS